Museums and Participation: Loosening the Difficulty is a two day workshop taking place on 14 and 15 June 2023 at the University of Leeds, organised by the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage. Doing participation in museums has always been hard – and it is hard in new ways in the new conjuncture...
Stuart Bowes recounts his experience of presenting the current findings of his PhD at the European Registrars Conference 2022.
Postgraduate Researcher Stuart Bowes shares his initial impressions of his hands-on training as a museum registrar at the Royal Armouries.
Postgraduate Researcher Stuart Bowes discusses his experiences of conducting research interviews and considers their impact on his work with the Royal Armouries.
An article by Dr Liz Stainforth has recently been published in the Utopian Studies journal.
Launching this month, A Matter of Taste: How Artistic Representations of Families Have Been Shaped at The Yale Center for British Art is a new online exhibition exploring the representation of the family structure and family life.
Jade French has been awarded a Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship to explore inclusive peer review and publishing methods with learning disabled artists. The Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship aims to build the innovation culture and develop the next generation of academic entrepreneurs at the University of Leeds. It supports early-career researchers to contribute to the strategic...
The Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage is launching a new events series this term, on the theme of 'museum legitimacies'.
Researchers from museum studies, digital media and the history of science at the University of Leeds are working together to connect different archive and museum collections and to open up industrial heritage.
A new book written by Professor David Jackson has been published this month, presenting an innovative and vibrant survey of visual culture in Golden Age Denmark (1801 to 1864).